Johnson County Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Planning & Operations
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Mitigation - Johnson County is dedicated to reducing the hazards that threaten Johnson County through mitigation. These mitigation strategies include both structural and non-structural strategies. |
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Operations - Making Johnson County a prepared community requires a partnership between Johnson County government and your individual and family preparedness. The following sites will help you understand what Johnson County is doing for you as well as how you can help us make Johnson County - A Community Prepared! |
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Outdoor Warning System - Johnson County’s outdoor warning system consists of 167 sirens placed strategically throughout the county as an early warning device to alert citizens of potential danger. While the outdoor warning system is an effective method of notifying those outdoors, it is only one component of a comprehensive emergency warning system including the use of the use of NOAA weather radios, the Emergency Alert System, and emergency notifications from local media. |
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Planning - Johnson County Emergency Management & Homeland Security emergency management plans are written to consider all relevant hazards identified in the Johnson County Hazard Analysis and to address the four phase of emergency management - mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. It defines, to the maximum extent appropriate, the policies, roles and responsibilities for management of emergency operations within the constraints of existing resources and operational capabilities. |
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Training - unlike outdoor sirens, all-hazards radios save lives by alerting people who are indoors when severe weather approaches. They can also alert people in homes, schools and businesses to other types of emergencies. |
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WebEOC - Johnson County Emergency Management & Homeland Security maintains an online incident management system that increases the ability to coordinate disaster response and recovery with city, county, state and federal disaster response partners. Access to WebEOC is granted to organizations that have an operational role in emergency/disaster response. WebEOC LogIn - https://webeoc.jocogov.org/eoc7/ |
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Outdoor Warning Sirens
Johnson County’s outdoor warning system consists of 167 sirens placed strategically throughout the county as an early warning device to alert citizens of potential danger.
Prepared Everywhere
What makes Johnson County a prepared community? Its is a partnership between government and resident. Here's how you can help!
WebEOC
An online incident management system that increases the ability to coordinate disaster response
and recovery. Learn more >>
Blogs
- Planning
- Preparedness
- Town Hall
Get the latest weather forecast from the National Weather Service.
Outdoor Warning Sirens
Johnson County’s outdoor warning system consists of 167 sirens placed strategically throughout the county as an early warning device to alert citizens of potential danger.
Prepared Everywhere
What makes Johnson County a prepared community? Its is a partnership between government and resident. Here's how you can help!
WebEOC
An online incident management system that increases the ability to coordinate disaster response
and recovery. Learn more >>
Blogs
- Planning
- Preparedness
- Town Hall